Portrait

Portraits are one of the oldest genres of painting known to art, and it first appeared in ancient Egypt. For several centuries, there was a tendency to idealize features in order flatter important patrons for whom the portrait was for. Then, progressively, artists started to turn to ordinary people for their sitters, with fewer requirements limiting their choices, they were able to paint increasingly realist works. 

Portraiture was influenced by the many movements of the 20th century and, rather than getting closer to reality, painters used portraits as a means to experiment with new artistic techniques and theories. Photography and sculpture followed a similar path, thus showing the incredible creativity and interpretation of artists. 

Today there is an enormous variety of unusual portraits that don't aim flatter their sitters in the least but rather be expressive. Disfigured faces, surprising collages, distorted human forms and even creatures that are half-human, half-animal: there are no rules and creativity flows!

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Painting, Girl, Nathalie Cubéro

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,081

Painting, Révéler, David Jamin

David Jamin

Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

$1,208

Painting, Andrea Doria, 1956, AKET

AKET

Painting - 100 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

$9,059

Painting, Dancing, Ekaterina Prisich

Ekaterina Prisich

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,050 $945

Painting, Sheep, Menashe Kadishman

Menashe Kadishman

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$1,250 $1,100

Sculpture, Robinson Crusoé, AKET

AKET

Sculpture - 73 x 15 x 2 cm Sculpture - 28.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,812

Painting, Maeva, Sébastien Allart

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,295 $1,951

Painting, Blu Hair, Simone De Rosa

Simone De Rosa

Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

$1,027 $924

Painting, Control, Flow

Flow

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

$3,020

Painting, Fullness XL, Gongas

Gongas

Painting - 96 x 68 x 4 cm Painting - 37.8 x 26.8 x 1.6 inch

$1,957 $1,370

Painting, Hommage à Courbet, Onemizer

Onemizer

Painting - 34 x 37 x 0.4 cm Painting - 13.4 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch

$2,959

Painting, Sysiphe, Levalet

Levalet

Painting - 64 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

$2,899

Painting, Frida, Wawapod

Wawapod

Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,691 $1,522

Painting, Roboïde, PRAB'Z

PRAB'Z

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,087

Print, Valentine’s day, Seaty

Seaty

Print - 90 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,899

Painting, Hippocampe, Lili Tao

Lili Tao

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

$1,304

Painting, Ours lunettes, Hervé Maury

Hervé Maury

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$2,416

Painting, Face 1, Tarek Butayhi

Tarek Butayhi

Painting - 60 x 55 cm Painting - 23.6 x 21.7 inch

$1,500 $1,425

Painting, Dionysia, Marcos Rodrigo

Marcos Rodrigo

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$2,657

Print, Albert Einstein, Aiiroh

Aiiroh

Print - 75 x 75 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

$785 $707

Painting, Love is the Answer, Seaty

Seaty

Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$14,374

Print, Untiteled, JM Robert

JM Robert

Print - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$966

Painting, The Kiss, Manuel Santelices

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 20.3 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 8 x 8 x 1 inch

$1,100

Painting, Pandora, Valerio Adami

Valerio Adami

Painting - 97 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1 inch

$90,590

Painting, Nerya, Nef

Nef

Painting - 63.5 x 44.5 x 2 cm Painting - 25 x 17.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,657

Painting, Portrait II, Dasz Panda

Dasz Panda

Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

$846

Painting, J-C, Zafi

J-C

Zafi

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$2,174

Painting, State Your Name, Snik

Snik

Painting - 45 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

$1,812

Painting, The Hug, Wencke Uhl

Wencke Uhl

Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,200

Painting, Elvis Presley, Martin

Martin

Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$1,812 $1,449

Painting, Duo, Daniel De polignac

Duo

Daniel De polignac

Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

$1,027

Painting, With a kite, Joanna Woyda

Joanna Woyda

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,657

Fine Art Drawings, La sieste sous les arbres, Jéko

Jéko

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

$1,003

Painting, 99 Luftballons, Toctoc

Toctoc

Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.01 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$1,268 $1,197

Painting, Moses, Marco Araldi

Marco Araldi

Painting - 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

$1,311

Painting, Abstract Calm, Moshe Leider

Moshe Leider

Painting - 121 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch

$2,700

Painting, Rouge, Tanya Lytko

Tanya Lytko

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,591

Painting, Sensuality, Julien Raynaud

Julien Raynaud

Painting - 80 x 20 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 7.9 x 2 inch

$1,075

Painting, Le Pupitre, Flavien Couche

Flavien Couche

Painting - 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,027

Painting, Hot Flash, Rob Omodiagbe

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting - 102 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

$7,000 $6,300

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